Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
North Indianapolis Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18097351200 · Marion County, IN · pop 2,727 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Here is how census tract 18097351200, in the North Indianapolis neighborhood of Indianapolis eviction risk city (balance), looks to a landlord: a 5.9/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 2,727. It lands near the 72nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $800 monthly, set against $36,026 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,174
Renter share48.6%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate32.4%
Median income$36,026
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8051, -86.1745 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Indianapolis scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Indianapolis
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
32.4% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$800 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Indianapolis
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Indianapolis
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Indianapolis
6.8
How North Indianapolis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 100%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 557Total filings 2020-21
- 7.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.73×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 29.8%Housing insecurity
- 26.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.1%Food insecurity
- 34.5%SNAP enrollment
- 20.4%Transit barriers
- 15.3%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 42.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Indianapolis
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Indianapolis eviction risk city (balance), while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Marion County average of 5.4 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
In CDC survey modeling, about 29.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 26.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097351200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097351200?
Census tract 18097351200 in the North Indianapolis neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 18097351200?
Median gross rent is $800/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097351200?
32.4% of residents in tract 18097351200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,727.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097351200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 97th, minority 92th, housing 70th.
Q5
Is tract 18097351200 considered part of North Indianapolis?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097351200 fall within North Indianapolis (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097351200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.73× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18097351200 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.8% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 26.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097351200 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097351200 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Indianapolis at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Indianapolis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 18097351200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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